Jerry Sandusky's Wife Dottie Speaks For First Time

Talk about a ride-or-die wife.

Dottie Sandusky, the wife of accused child molestor Jerry Sandusky, speaks out for the first time in a statement released Thursday, HLNTV reports. She asks that people be "open-minded" until both sides of the case are heard and her husband has a chance to prove his innocence.

The first grand jury report revealed horrific details of the former Penn State University assistant football coach allegedly committing sexual crimes against young boys. The statement comes after "Victim 9" presented another account to the grand jury Wednesday, saying that there was never any contact made with Dottie, whose photo and information are hard to find.

Read her full statement below:

"I want to thank our children, our family, our extended family of former Second Mile participants, and all our friends for standing by us through these difficult times.

Jerry and I want to express our sorrow for all the hurt that has come to those who have supported us and our beloved Penn State and State College Communities.

I have been shocked and dismayed by the allegations made against Jerry, particularly the most recent one that a now young man has said he was kept in our basement during visits and screamed for help as Jerry assaulted him while I was in our home and didn’t respond to his cries for help.

As the mother of six children, I have been devastated by these accusations. I am also angry about these false accusations that such a terrible incident ever occurred in my home. No child who ever visited our home was ever forced to stay in our basement and fed there. All the kids who visited us ate with us and our kids and other guests when they were at our home. Our children, our extended family and friends know how much Jerry and I love kids and have always tried to help and care for them. We would never do anything to hurt them.

I am so sad anyone would make such a terrible accusation which is absolutely untrue.

We don’t know why these young men have made these false accusations, but we want everyone to know they are untrue.

I continue to believe in Jerry’s innocence and all the good things he has done.

Jerry’s many success stories with his Second Mile kids and positive memories of those kids keep me going. I am asking everyone to please be reasonable and open-minded until both sides of this case are heard, and Jerry has the opportunity to prove his innocence.

I would like to thank all those individuals who continue to support Jerry and hope they will continue to support us through the conclusion of this very sad time in our lives.

Dottie Sandusky"